“Signing? World diplomacy? Leave it to the pros”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, December 15 2013 Some things are best left to professionals. Things like brain surgery. And signing for the hearing-impaired. And international diplomacy. Thankfully, no untrained amateurs were caught last week donning scrubs and drilling into anyone’s skull. But we did have a very strange man…
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“Speaker Boehner takes small step in right direction on women”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, December 8 2013 Freud asked, “What do women want?” John Boehner has a follow-up: What do women want to hear? Apparently, “legitimate rape” isn’t too high on the list. Those two words sunk Todd Akin’s Republican Senate bid last year in Missouri.…
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“HealthCare.gov helped by Obama’s deadline”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, December 1 2013 Deadlines are tough. Just ask President Barack Obama. He promised the Obamacare website would be up and running by the end of November and, wouldn’t you know it, the end of November came. The results aren’t perfect. Deadline projects seldom are. There’s never enough time,…
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“Mired in tribal rules while Obamacare suffers”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, November 24 2013 Why stop with the Senate filibuster? Washington has so many other rules just begging to be obliterated. The rule that says Democrats must support President Barack Obama even when they know he’s stumbled. See Obamacare. The rule that says Republicans have to…
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“Haven’t you ever got caught on video smoking a crack pipe? How’s that for a campaign slogan? – Ellis Henican
Jane Velez-Mitchell, Ellis Henican – November 19, 2013
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“I know a lot of people are saying this is his Katrina but don’t count Barack Obama out.” – Ellis Henican
Betty Nguyen, Ellis Henican: MSNBC First Look – November 19, 2013
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“Those who control the language control the debate”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, November 17 2013 Was it just an early fumble — or Barack Obama’s Hurricane Katrina? Tell me which analogy you like. I’ll tell you which side you’re on. Long before a winner is crowned in the bitter battle over the president’s health insurance policy, we’ll…
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“Toronto’s mayor is cracking under the pressure”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, November 10 2013 What does a mayor have to do to be impeached in Canada? Shoot a moose? Outlaw hockey? Getting caught on video sucking a crack pipe obviously isn’t enough. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but Toronto Mayor Rob Ford gives crackheads a…
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“He had a message different from many other Republicans. An open message, an inclusive message — one that said I believe in things but I’m willing to work with other people to make stuff happen.” – Ellis Henican
MSNBC “FIRST LOOK”, November 5, 2013 – Mara Schiavocampo, Ellis Henican
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